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The old ‘me’ page: at least 50% me railing at public schooling
I’m removing the ‘me’ page, because it is simply not focused enough. I’m keeping a copy of it right here for the future. If you’ve never read it before, you may or may not find it somewhat interesting. Related Posts:A Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save American Democracy by Dismantling ItWhy Libertarianism [...]
‘The Underground History of American Education’, John Taylor Gatto
I have finally finished through reading The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto. Being thrifty (not by nature but I’m learning), I read it online, piecemeal. It’s an odd book, extremely personal, at times conspiratorial-sounding, at times going off in odd philosophical directions. Gatto is patient. Rather than giving an simple outline, [...]
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So you want to take on China, do you?
If there’s one thing that brings the two American political parties together, it’s a revulsion toward China. Both parties frequently lament the rise of China and the threat that they might displace the US as the world’s Supreme Economic Force. Frequently this rhetoric is aimed either at nothing more than riling up the electoral base, [...]
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Gary North on homeschooling, mothers, the internet
Gary North has done again what he does best: he has taken a number of individual issues and seen the invisible strings that connect them. His latest article, The Needless Lack of Self-Confidence of Most Home-Schooling Mothers, is an insightful exploration of the connections between libertarian thought, public schooling, religious education, the institution of the [...]
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I shudder at political correctness
In the wake of the recent shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, there is much debate over whether right-wingers caused the attacks by speaking too violently. In light of our lack of information about the shooter, all sorts of types of speech have been called into question. While it is easy to understand condemnation [...]
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why should we be surprised when teachers are threatened?
The anonymity afforded by the internet, they say, is the reason people get so uncivil out there. That is why I stick my name on everything I do online — that way when I say something that ticks someone off, I have to own it. And maybe apologize. If I phrase what I’m about to [...]
on uk face-scanning technology for high schoolers
Controversy is swirling over one UK school’s plan to have all students sign in upon entry using a four-digit pin and face-scanning software. The most natural visceral response to this sort of thing is disgust at what some have called an “encroachment on civil liberties.” But increased surveillance is just a distracting side issue. The [...]
john hobbins strikes again on education
Never one to cringe in the politically correct, John Hobbins has articulated what some of us have known for a while now: the public school system discriminates against male students. And he backs up his reasoning with studies that say the same thing. Although our approaches to dealing with the issue are probably different (he’d [...]
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